A friend is interested in purchasing Cubase Sx to start to learn to make his own music and he has asked for my help.
The only thing is he doesnt have a midi controller and wants to know if he can actually use his normal QWERTY keyboard to play notes.
I have absolutely no idea if this is possible - I know you can use the piano roll to draw notes but is there a VST or something within Cubase to do this without him shelling out for a controller?

Cheers guys,

MP

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Hi Messiah, try Bome's Mouse Keyboard click here

Good luck

if his keyboard has midi out ... like a plug in the back of the keyboard

then just get midiman 1x1 usb
and u be in bussines

cubase will pick up the signal from the midiman ...that picks up from the keyboard.. u can load up a VST and be jaming in real time

only maybe the cpu lag will make things laggie

You'll need a soundcard that supports ASIO 2 drivers if you want to do it in real-time.
Using old drivers or an old soundcard will delay the signals with about a second..

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I have bomes mouse keyboard, along with a virtual Midi driver (Midi OX I think). You need a virtual midi driver for bomes mouse keyobard to be able to send midi out to Cubase, as it doesn't do it on it's own.

no one above has still answered his question. This is a MOUSE-keyboard, not a Keyboard-keyboard!
I am also wondering, Is there a program/plugin for Cubase for playing the a "virtual" keyboard on the PC keyboard. (Like good old SoundTracker / MadTracker on Amiga/PC, f.ex

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Originally posted by bennymann no one above has still answered his question. This is a MOUSE-keyboard, not a Keyboard-keyboard! I am also wondering, Is there a program/plugin for Cubase for playing the a "virtual" keyboard on the PC keyboard. (Like good old SoundTracker / MadTracker on Amiga/PC, f.ex

Bome's Mouse Keyboard V2.00 beta 6
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Welcome to Bome's Mouse Keyboard !


OVERVIEW

This program primarily simulates a MIDI keyboard which you can play
with the mouse or the computer keyboard.





Then just get a virtual midi cable to make it work in Reason, Cubase whatever. It works in Reason for me.

oh, sorry. I read the web page fast and thoroughly, but I missed that fact

My bad. But thats great. Then it works!!!